Summary
Business Announcement Date: November 27, 2024 FDA Publish Date: November 28, 2024 Item Type: Food & Beverages
Produce
Foodborne Illness Reason for Statement:
Remember Factor Description
Potential Foodborne Illness/Salmonella
Company Name: SunFed Produce LLC Brand Name: Product Description:
Company Announcement
Rio Rico, AZ (Nov. 27, 2024) – SunFed Produce, LLC (SunFed) is remembering all sizes of entire fresh American cucumbers packaged in bulk cardboard containers labeled with the “SunFed” label or in a generic white box or black plastic dog crate with a sticker that supplies the linked grower’s name, “Agrotato, S.A. de C.V.,” (pictures listed below). The remembered cucumbers were sold in between October 12, 2024, thru November 26, 2024, and are being recalled since they have the potential to be polluted with Salmonella.
Salmonella is an organism that can cause major and sometimes fatal infections in children, frail or elderly individuals, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella typically experience fever, diarrhea (which might be bloody), nausea, throwing up and stomach pain. In unusual scenarios, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more serious health problems such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis. Signs of salmonellosis normally start 6 hours to 6 days after infection and last 4 to 7 days.
The entire fresh American cucumbers were sold by SunFed and other importers and shipped to clients found in the states of Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington & Wisconsin and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Calgary, Saskatchewan, & Ontario. The cucumbers would have reached consumers through foodservice and retail outlets that might be located in states aside from those listed above.
SunFed initiated this recall after the United States Food and Drug Administration (” FDA”) alerted SunFed that the cucumbers described above were associated with reported salmonellosis health problems in between October 12– November 15, 2024. SunFed is also contacting each of its direct buyers to encourage them of the recall. No other products offered by or farms supplying to SunFed are implicated in this recall.
The specific entire American cucumbers might likewise have a PLU sticker in the type of the connected image.
Customers must take the following actions:
- Examine to see if you have actually recalled whole fresh American cucumbers (picture listed below)
- Anybody with the recalled item in their ownership ought to not take in, serve, utilize, offer, or disperse remembered products. We likewise encourage them to tidy and sanitize surfaces that could have entered into contact with the recalled item to reduce cross-contamination.
- Remembered products ought to be tossed out or damaged so they might not be consumed or gone back to the point of purchase.
- Consumers who are unsure if they have actually purchased the recalled product are encouraged to contact their seller.
- If you think you have actually consumed a remembered item and do not feel well, call your healthcare provider.
Consumers who have actually purchased the remembered items may acquire additional information by contacting SunFed’s recall hotline (888) 542-5849, M-F 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. MST.
” As soon as we found out of this concern, we instantly acted to secure consumers. We are working closely with authorities and the linked cattle ranch to figure out the possible cause,” said Craig Slate, President at SunFed. “Here at SunFed, food security and customer health and health have actually been our priorities for more than 30 years. We require all of our growers to strictly comply with the FDA food security requirements.”
Business Contact Details
Customers: SunFed’s Recall Hotline (888) 542-5849
SunFed Produce, LLC (SunFed) is recalling all sizes of entire fresh American cucumbers packaged wholesale cardboard containers labeled with the “SunFed” label or in a generic white box or black plastic crate with a sticker that supplies the linked grower’s name, “Agrotato, S.A. de C.V.,” (photos b.
